Dictionary entry

Ahead

Webster's Dictionary 1913

A‐head″ (�), adv. [Pref. a- + head.] 1. In or to the front; in advance; onward.

The island bore but a little ahead of us.

Fielding.

2. Headlong; without restraint. L'Estrange.

To go ahead. (a) To go in advance. (b) To go on onward. (c) To push on in an enterprise. — To get ahead of. (a) To get in advance of. (b) To surpass; to get the better of.